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The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Regulations

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First Region

Sri Lanka
Migrant workers
1985-08-28
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

These Regulations prescribe the detailed conditions for obtaining a license to carry out the business of a foreign employment agency. They also determine the fees payable to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment by every worker due to work abroad. To the Regulations is annexed, inter alia, a model employment agreement to govern domestic sector employees recruited to Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia and "other countries". Pursuant thereto the employer is required to pay the travel expenses of the employee upon assuming service. Upon the end of the contract, the employer must pay the employee, in addition to the return travel expenses, an end of service gratuity of not less than one month salary. The employer is also required to provide free accommodation, food and medical care as well as insurance coverage against accident, sickness or permanent disablement.

Basic Text region

Monograph region

    Monograph title
    Labour Code of Sri Lanka
    Author
    Labour Legislation (in force on 31 December 2002)
    Publisher
    Ministry of Employment and Labour
    Place of publication
    Colombo
    Country
    Sri Lanka
    Date
    2004
    Page range
    pp. 604-608

Serial region

    Serial title
    The Gazette of Sri Lanka
    Date
    1985-08-28
    Number
    No. 364/9
    Page range
    9 p.